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WILLIAM J. EMENS, .OF LOUIISVlLLE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 74,675, dated February 18, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, WILLIAMJ. EMENs, 'of the city ot' Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky; have invented a new and useful improvement in india-rubber spring-bed bottoms, entitled William J. Emens's Improvement in India-Rubbcr Spring-Bed Bottoms, and do here-by declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe seme. p

Figure 1 is a. perspective vicw of the bedstead, showing how the slats or bottom is put in the same. A is a small piece of wood, ruiming acrossthe beilstead, at each end of the saine, to support the slats'or bottom. B is n strip or small piece of wood, running through n mortise in the cross-piece A, on either side of the bedstead, 'and is movable at either end, so that it can be lengthened or shortened in cese the'gum rings should stretch and become too long, C is n small strip of wood, running ncross the bedstcnd, under the strip B, in order to hold it upwhen the weight presses down heavily. D is tiring, mede of gum-elastic, and is 'attached to the cross-piece A by a large wood-screw being screwed in the top of said pieceA, and said ring being hooked over and caught by the hook E at both ends of the bedstead. Said hook being shaped es in gs. 3 and 4, having a pin or projection on the top of the same which posses through a hole in the slat F, and, fitting the hole close, it supports the hoolg E in an upright position, and as the pressure comes on the Slat F is pressed down in the middle, and hence the gum rings under the hooks stretch and contract, and render the whole bottom elastic, and operate with uniformity and ease to the person occupying the bed, and are not subject to get out of order, as in the case of the old styles. l

Figure 2 is a side view of one of the slats with the bottoni frame, with hooks E showing how the slats are suspended on the rings D by screws in the cross-picceA in order to produce the elastic spring.

Figure 3 is a view showing the shape of the hooks which rest on the gum rings.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a port of one ofthe slats, with its hook, ring, and section ofthe bottom frame, showing the shape of said hooks, and how they are attached to the rings D and slats F, said hooks being made of cast iron 01 other met-al suitable. i

The above bedstead is made in the usual way, except that it has a projection on the' inside of the rail C,

on which the cross-pieces C and A rest, which supports the bottom frame, on which rest all the slats F, as seenin 5g. 1, sn'id bed-bottom being made of wood, es usual, except the hooks and springs, which are made as above stated. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the forked hook E and the slet F, the gum ring D, thc movable cross-piece A, and the parallel strips B and C, when constructed, arranged, and operating in the manner set forth. i

WILLIAM J. EMENS.

Witnesses:

JAMES ABum., AARON' HUNTSBEERY. 

